NGC 2037
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Swordfish |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 05 h 33 m 48.6 s |
declination | -69 ° 57 ′ 07 ″ |
Appearance
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Brightness (visual) | 10.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.5 ' |
Physical data
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Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud |
history | |
Discovered by | John Herschel |
Discovery time | 1830s? |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2037 • ESO 056-SC159 • GC 1240 • |
NGC 2037 is an open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado . The star cluster was discovered by the astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s . NGC 2037 is near or even overlapping with NGC 2033 .